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What's next for SpaceX's Starship V3 megarocket after its historic debut flight?

By Mike Wall published 28 May 26

SpaceX's "V3" Starship megarocket did pretty well on its debut flight last week. What's next for the powerful next-gen vehicle?

FAA grounds SpaceX's Starship V3 megarocket after Flight 12 'mishap'

By Mike Wall published 27 May 26

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has declared the debut flight of SpaceX's Starship V3 vehicle a mishap and is requiring an investigation before the megarocket can fly again.

Watch 2 Russian cosmonauts take 5-hour spacewalk outside the ISS today

By Mike Wall published 27 May 26

Cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev will perform a spacewalk outside the International Space Station today (May 27), and you can watch the action live.

Artemis moon base will cover 'hundreds of square miles' with hopping drones and new lunar rovers, NASA says

By Mike Wall published 26 May 26

NASA envisions its moon base covering hundreds of square miles, and hopping scout drones may mark the facility's perimeter. The agency just awarded $1 billion in contracts to get the ball rolling.

NASA is updating its Artemis moon base plan today. Here's how to watch it live.

By Mike Wall last updated 26 May 26

NASA will give an update on Tuesday afternoon (May 26) about its plans to build a moon base, and you can watch it live.

'For All Mankind's' Costa Ronin on ruling Mars, honoring cosmonaut history, and learning to tie his tie (interview)

By Jeff Spry published 23 May 26

Heavy is the head that wears the crown, and that goes for Red Planet rulers as well as Earth. 

'For All Mankind's' Ruby Cruz and Ines Asserson on wearing those 'clunky' cool spacesuits and training with a Green Beret (interview)

By Jeff Spry published 22 May 26

"The spacesuits are like real spacesuits! They're so complicated and much heavier than you'd ever expect."

Shakeup at JPL? Control over iconic NASA center could change for 1st time in nearly 100 years

By Chelsea Gohd published 22 May 26

This is part of an even-larger "restructuring" at NASA.

Scientists thought Jupiter's moon Europa was ejecting water. Now they're not so sure

By Robert Lea published 22 May 26

"The evidence for water vapor plumes on Europa isn’t as strong as we first understood it."